Challenges completed
Complete THM nmap port scan advanced and post port scans
What I learned
- TCP Null Scan, FIN scan, Xmas Scan
- TCP Maimon Scan
- TCP ACK, Window and Custom Scan
- Spoofing and decoys
- Fragmented Packets
- Idle/Zombie scan
- Service Detection
- OS Detection and Traceroute
- Saving outputs
- nmap scripting engine
Commands, tools, and techniques
- Null scan: nmap -sN
- FIN scan: nmap -sF
- Xmas scan: nmap -sX
- ACK scan: nmap -sA
- Maimon scan: nmap -sA
- Window scan: nmap -sW
- Custom TCP scan: nmap —scanflags
- Deocy Scan: nmap -D decoyIP,decoyIP,ME target_IP
- Idle scan: nmap -sl
- Service scan: nmap -sv
- OS detection: nmap -O
- for mac spoofing: —spoof-mac
- for detailed reasons and conclusions: —reason
- nmap scripts to run: —script
- traceroute to the target: —traceroute
Problems and dead ends
Explain what did not work and why.
What I will revisit
List anything that needs more practice or a second attempt.